Opinion on the Adapted ships

hyprodimus · May 2014

Hey guys, I wasnt playing STO during the Tal Shiar Lockbox. Can you tell me what you think about the Adapted battle cruiser and destroyer? I like that they both have sensor analysis. I think the BOFF layout on the BC is great. The turn rate on the destroyer looks like its not worth using cannons on.

I was thinking of something like this

http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner/?build=narada_0

or as a healer

http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner/?build=naradaheal1_0

How are the consoles like?
Do you think they are worth the money? Is something better just around the corner?

dontdrunkimshoot · May 2014

the destroyer is basically a battlecruiser with SA and a COM tac, the only combination of its kind, warbirds would even have a hard time stacking that much damage potential. if it wasn't such an ugly thing it would probably be haled as one of the most dangerous ships. the adapted cruiser is a beast, but the universal COM is mostly a false choice. of the 3 cruisers with SA, the bortas is still the higher damage platform

sharxtreme · May 2014

dontdrunkimshoot wrote: »

the destroyer is basically a battlecruiser with SA and a COM tac, the only combination of its kind, warbirds would even have a hard time stacking that much damage potential. if it wasn't such an ugly thing it would probably be haled as one of the most dangerous ships. the adapted cruiser is a beast, but the universal COM is mostly a false choice. of the 3 cruisers with SA, the bortas is still the higher damage platform

I have both, and since i like using SA as a Tac I just love the Destroyer.
With cannons of course. Since i fly scimi with cannons, destroyer is way easier to fly in same configuration. You can also easily do a2b DHC setup with it.

For fun i used to fly both ships with every borg piece you can obtain so 9pc borg set-3tal shiar borg+3borg+3 borg omega. amazing hull repair for a tactical ship.
And the cruiser (i think) has the best hull cap available.

magniacapra · May 2014

The missiles on the destroyer are garbage FYI.

sharxtreme · May 2014

magniacapra wrote: »

The missiles on the destroyer are garbage FYI.

that is true. most useless console in game. but on the upside it gives nice 3pc bonus for partigen heavy oriented setups.(sci or tac)

entrax11 · May 2014

Since all replies tend to go into the tactical direction, it should be mentioned that from the point of healing, the cruiser, out of all cruiser in game, has the highest healing potential. It's not that much better than the sci Oddy, but at least it's better. But if you want to use it as a healer you should improve your posted healing setup.

Concerning the destroyer...well maybe a ship that after the SA changes is able to dish out more DHC burst than every other ship but the Tac Scimmi. Turnrate is meh, but i think it really is able to work in a team based fight.

sharxtreme · May 2014

entrax11 wrote: »

Since all replies tend to go into the tactical direction, it should be mentioned that from the point of healing, the cruiser, out of all cruiser in game, has the highest healing potential. It's not that much better than the sci Oddy, but at least it's better. But if you want to use it as a healer you should improve your posted healing setup.

Concerning the destroyer...well maybe a ship that after the SA changes is able to dish out more DHC burst than every other ship but the Tac Scimmi. Turnrate is meh, but i think it really is able to work in a team based fight.

I definitely do agree with this. Entrax's cruiser is great healer as I saw, and it has great self hull repair anyway.

Destroyer is/was one of my favourite ships as fed tac, even before SA changes, it needs bit more tactical approach when flying, but you have nice abilities that no other tactical ship in game has except for full set Dyson ship(which sacrifices 1 weapon slot and cmdr tac when in SA/Sci mode)

ocp001 · May 2014

While it's definitely potent with DHC, it can really shine as a FAW beam array ship. Given it's turn rate I think it actually flys better that way against faster ships.

Decloak, FAW3+APO3+APA... Wait for SA to max stat, then utilize APB (or APD), with FOMM, it can be a brutal ship. The undine traits also work well with it's 2pc bonus and the borg 2pc.

Really surprised by how much I like it, even the looks are growing on me (or maybe assimilating me). Just wish there were more "ultimate" builds out there for it to get me brainstorming.

hyprodimus · May 2014

Thanks for all of the replies.

If I went A2B with the destroyer, what do I do with the extra ensign tac?
I think I am leaning towards the battle cruiser. I am looking for a cruiser moreso than another escort. The BC seems much more versitile too. I am a Fed without a proper FAW boat.

On the side it looked like a good healboat too. I dont do a lot of team healing, but I would like suggestions for the second build. Thanks